Armor for rubber tires.



No. 891,030. PATENTED JUNE 16,1908.

v L BEKEPI AEMOR FOR RUBBER TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 9, 1907.

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ARMOR FOR RUBBER TIRES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed December 9, 1907. Serial No. 405,678.

Rubber Tires, and do declare that the fol:

lowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to improvements in armors for rubber tires, and theinvention consists in a construction of armor which is flexible and'atthe same time serves as a per tort protection against puncture, allsubstantially as shown and described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portionof a complete vehicle wheel equipped with my improved armor plates, andFig. 2 is a cross section thereof. big. 3 shows one of the severalplates and the fastenings therefor in perspec- 5 tive.

'lhc armor. as shown. is constructed or built up with a series of platesP adapted to encircle the rubber tire T and cover the same both aboutits periphery and sides relatively as shown in Fig. 2. -To this end, thesaid plates are approximately U shape in cross section and made toconform to the size of the tire whether it be a bicycle or an automobiletire and arranged to overlap or lap one over the other at their endsrelatively as shown. For these purposes one of the said plates isrecessed at its edges and ends as in dicated at 2, Fig. 3, and the otherend is slightly depressed at its peripheryas indi cated at 4 and oneplate is made to match upon the other at opposite ends and all are builtalike in these particulars, so that it is immaterial what position agiven plate may occupy in the series. Then as .an auxiliary the meetingends of the r plates, I provide each plate with headed proj cot-ions 5,the outer headed end of which laps -pver upon the end of the next plate,thus serving to confine said ends relatively and preventing the platesfrom getting separated at their joints. Then, having the plates thusconstructed,1 bind them firmly upon the tire by means of a chain C ateach side of the wheel arranged upon the radius substantially of theinner portion of felly R, so that as to the periphery of the wheel thechains C occupy a considerably narrower circle. Each plate P isadjustably secured to the said chains 0 on each side of the wheel bymeans of screw or threaded stems 6 and 7, re-

spectively, and turn buckle 8 uniting said,

stems, whereby when the turn buckles are rotated for tightening thestems 6 and 7 an drawn toward each other, and when rotated in theopposite direction the stems are separated and the parts loosened. Eachstem 6 has an eye engaged in chains C and each stem 7 is pivotallyengaged with plate P.

By this construction each armor plate has a separate adjustment at eachend and is ad j ustable independently of all the others, but through thechains all the plates are connected and the tension is distributedthrough any adjustments that are made upon any given plate.

What I claim is: An armor for rubber tires consisting of a series ofoverlapping plates substantially U shape in cross section, and eachplate having a transverse depression 4 at one end and outwardprojections 5 at the ends of said depressions and open slots in theother end lengthwise of the plate engaged by the said projections on theadjacent plate,-. in combination with a wheel and tire and means tosecure the armor on the tire.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica-' tion in the presence of twowitnesses.

VENDEL LASZLLO BEKEFI. Witnesses:

E. M. FIsnER, R. B. Mosnn.

